If you are a DINK household, do you drive 2 cars?
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Anonymous
| We didn't have a car at all as DINKS. It was great. Why would you live a lifestyle that was car dependent if you don't have kids? Heck, the only reason to do it at all is because you can't afford it otherwise or you really want to be out in the country. |
Anonymous
You can’t possible be this out of touch where DINKs live and work in the same area as the majority of couples. This used to be a comment that got slammed as a millennial type comment, but those folks are grown up now. Believe it or not, there are neighborhoods that are car dependent but isn’t in the “country.” |
Anonymous
I’m 45. You do realize the VAST majority of Americans live in cities, right? People have been flocking to urban centers for a while now, excepting this pandemic blip. Driving all over is an awful way to live. I ought to know, I grew up in fairfax. So, yeah, most of “the country” as you say could be car free. |
Anonymous
Huh? We like going on day trips, we need a car for grocery shopping, taking our dog to the vet, any number of things. We live in a city but there are things that are easier with a car. I just got back from getting a pedicure, and drove to the salon and back. We are DINKs with one car, but we both work from home so it's usually very easy to share. |
Anonymous
Calm down. I'm 48 and also live in a city. And even if you can be car free for most of your day to day life, it can still be much easier to enjoy more of the bigger world if you have a car. |
Anonymous
| Two cards. Bought used for cash. We went about 10 years with just one and when I look back on that time, I wonder how our marriage survived. |
Anonymous
| Before kids we always had 2 cars, but they were ours before we got married. Anyway we lived in a place where we each needed cars to get to work. |
Anonymous
In most American cities you still need a car! |
Anonymous
It was such a bizarre rant. Even for people who can do most things carless, there are still some things that take a car. Like visiting family and friends outside of the major urban center where apparently most of us live and don't use a car to get around no not even when we need to go grocery shopping or schlep out to Ikea. |
Anonymous
| One car, two working adults. Live in DC proper. Having a car is great for errands and weekend activities, but not necessary at all for the commute. If something happened to the car, replacing it wouldn't necessarily be a priority - it is a luxury, not a necessity. |
Anonymous
Say what? No. Just...no. The problem with your stats is that there is no real definition of "suburban," so the Census data ends up lumping suburban into urban. Thus, you get everyone living in the greater Jacksonville, FL area as counted in part of the "urban" residents of Jacksonville. But trust me, 95% of them aren't getting around without a car. Or two. Or three. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-14/u-s-is-majority-suburban-but-doesn-t-define-suburb About 52 percent of people in the United States describe their neighborhood as suburban, while about 27 percent describe their neighborhood as urban, and 21 percent as rural. |
Anonymous
We don’t live city living. We’ve always lived in suburbs (not the same as “the country.” |
Anonymous
| We had 1 car before kids and still have one car post kids. Daycare and work are all either walking distance or on the metro. So never felt the need for more cars. Plus if we ever need another car (like for a long road trip), we just rent. No need to keep a spare Ford Explorer in the driveway. |
Anonymous
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I can’t believe people exist in the US who don’t know that some couples drive 2 cars to work every single day.
Really? You don’t know this? |
Anonymous
| We have three cars. A convertible, a jeep and an suv. |